Rickshaw Girl by Mitali Perkins
Naima loves to draw, but how can she use that gift to help her poor Bangladeshi family earn some much needed income?
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Graphic Novel Roundup: The Giver and A Wrinkle in Time
Two recent graphic-novel adaptations of classic stories have their strengths, but overall demonstrate the adage, “the book is better.” A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine …
New Kid by Jerry Craft
New Kid offers a fresh and funny graphic-novel take on the middle-school blues.
30+ Women in Church History: A Book List
A book list of biographies about 30+ women in church history for middle grades and teens just in time for Women’s History Month.
*The Promise of Change by JoAnn Boyce
The Promise of Change revisits the civil rights era with this poignant memoir of a teenage girl becoming an icon.
Roundup: Three Novels That Address Mental Illness
Three recent novels for middle-grade through YA feature characters with schizophrenia or depression.
*Monster Blood Tattoo Trilogy by D. M. Cornish
Enter the complex world of the Half Continent where men and monsters clash, yet not all monsters are as they seem in this starred fantasy series.
It’s Up to You, Abe Lincoln by Tom and Leila Hirschfeld
This unusual biography of Abraham Lincoln frames his life as a series of ten decisions, in which the reader is invited to participate.